Ladies, would you shave your head?

No, I really don't think I could. I'm very attatched to my hair, I haven't even trimmed it since I was 14. (I'm 22 now). I love playing with it, having other people play with it and so on (it's pretty curly so people like to pull on it)...but yeah, I'd miss it too much.

Plus there is the fact that I have pointy elf ears and the more hidden they are the better.

 

Been there, done it. I agree that it is a liberating experience - especially for those of us who tend to hide behind the curtain of our hair. But now I'm letting my locks grow indefinitely. Like dilli said, they are roots. They nourish me, keep me sane, and keep me on the ground.

 

I am currently growing my hair out. My hairdresser asked me how long I am trying to grow it b/c it is already down to my belt line. I plan on growing it till either it gets down past my butt or until I can't stand it anymore. After that I am chopping at least 1/2 of it off to donate to kids with cancer, I am still on the fence about getting it cut really short b/c that'd be more wigs they could make, I will have to make that decision later. Someone told me that donating my hair was a good dead and that I shouldn't have to suffer for it, so if I only wanted to donate 1/2 of it it would still help. I dont' think I could ever go completely bald, but that is just me. If I did know someone who had cancer and lost their hair I would, just like you other ladies said.

 

I would do it but I'm growing my hair out right now. But I love short hair and have always thought about shaving my head.
I think some girls look cute bald. I've kissed a bald girl. =P

I think its funny though that people freak out whenever a celebrity shaves their head because we have these conventions of how women should look - and I think its oppressive. People should be able to have whatever hair style they want!

 

If only my hubby would allow it!! I've been wanting to soo badly.

 

It would feel nice to wake up each morning and not having to brush your hair. I've contemplated with it many times.. but I decided against it. First I dont think I would enjoy the cut, and 2nd you can do more with long hair. Dye it, put it up, leave it down, get dreads, curl it, straighten it etcc.

 

Bald women aren't sexy. Women with hair are much sexy. Bald women look butch, they look "lesbian." Well that's what I tend to think if I was to see one. Britney Spears was shaggable with hair but without.... nah...no thanks. Come back when your hair grows back chick

 

I would if I was becoming a Buddhist nun. Otherwise, no thanks!

Peace and love

 

I would and some day i will. I started thinking about it a couple months ago when i was getting really frustrated with my dreads and wanted to get rid of them. I've since learned to love my dreads but the liberating thought of shaving me head and being bald has stayed with me. Perhaps i will in a few years when i feel it's time for a change or when i am in a different phase in my life. I really can't wait until i do. If i didn't have dreads right now i'd do it in an instant!

 

Oh I never could! I've been very attached to my hair since I can remember... It's always been a part of me. A lot of it prolly has to do with that when my mom was suffering from cancer, my hair was still REALLY long and she always told me to leave my hair long so that she could play with it, since she couldn't do it with her own anymore. So a lot of it prolly goes back to that. I've always been attracted to people, male and female, with longer hair, but some people just have the right shape and personality to have that really short hair or a bald head. I just don't. So I appauld anyone who has the courage to do it, but I'll keep my hair As many other posters said...

 

No, I can never imagine wanting to shave my head.

 

I would if it was for more personal reasons, for example if a freind had to go through chemotheropy and lost her hair, I would do it for support. But other than that, I most likely wouldnt. Body heat escapes your head faster, so hair would keep it in place better than a hat could in the cold. Also, I sun-burn pretty bad, and a red noggin would look kinda funny. And my skull has a funky shape to it, it comes to a point right below the crown of my head. And another thing is that i wouldnt really enjoy getting mistaken for a boy, i have a rather boyish build to me and i dont really wear feminine clothes or make up, so if i had no hair instead of long hair, people might think im a boy.

 

I'm going to a few years down the road when I'm ready to lose the dreads. I think it'll be a great experience. And I think bald women are sexy! So nya!

 

I shaved mine and i loved it =)

I like how it feels when someones scratches my bald head =) it is growing back now, about an inch and a half long or so =)

first I did the Mohawk and then got tired of messing it and shaved it all off and it didn't look bad, i am always really pale tho and some little girl though i had cancer HAHA

 

i have shaved my head a few times..i feel beautiful with my head shaved, and my husband loves it as well

 

I would do it with a family member or close friend losing their hair from radiation or chemo. Other than that no way!

 

I've done it. Was fun.

 

I shaved my head as a charity fundraiser two years ago. I didn't really plan it, I happened to be at the event where others were havin git done, and I did it on impulse. It didn't look as bad as I thought it would! I thought I'd wear lots of scarves and things while it was really short, but I never got the hang of how to wear one that it wouldn't keep falling off, so I just quit and walked around looking like an egg.

About three days after I did it, I had to catch a plane. I get really bad motion sickness, and it was a little plane in strong wind - I threw up from one end of the flight to the other. The crew were unusually attentive and caring - I realised the next day they probably thought I was a cancer patient travelling to the city for treatment!

 

well it depends on the shape of your head. i did it about 4 years ago and i was rudely awakened to the fact that i have a very ugly head shape!!!!let the shaver beware!!!

 

I have and it was nice. It felt so comfortable and right for me. I would do it again and will when I am more financially secure. Unfortunately, right now eating takes precedence over my hair. My bosses are very open-minded and let my husband work there with long hair and a beard, but I don't want to push it too much. So for now, my hair is just very short.